Thursday, June 30, 2011

AT&T National Providing US Open Like Challenge

by Roz Roberts III

Michael Thompson shot a solid even par 70 during the first round of the AT&T National on Thursday.  The even par round was good enough to put him in a tie for 29th.

The general consensus from the Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania is that the AT&T National is playing more like a US Open than US Open just completed at Congressional.  Fast, hard greens, firm fairways and difficult hole locations are making players work for every shot and the high scores from round 1 reflect the how tough the course is playing.  Only 28 of 120 players were under par and the average score was 71.5 on the par 70 course.

Michael's round contained two birdies and two bogeys.  Michael did exactly what you need to do on this course:  hit fairways and greens in regulation (GIR).   For the first round, Michael hit 10 out of 14 fairways (T18th) and hit 16 out of 18 GIR (T2nd).  The solid round came on the heels of his PGA Tour best ever 62 in the final round of last week's Traveler's Championship.

Michael will be teeing off from the tenth hole on Friday in the last group of the morning at 8:59am ET. 

Television Coverage
The AT&T National will be covered on the Golf Channel and CBS this week.  Here's the upcoming television coverage schedule:


Day
Date
Network
Time


FRI
7/1
GOLF
3 - 6 PM ET




SAT
7/2
GOLF
1 - 2:30 PM ET




SAT
7/2
CBS
3 - 6 PM ET




SUN
7/3
GOLF
1 - 2:30 PM ET




SUN
7/3
CBS
3 - 6:30 PM ET






Scoring Links
Leaderboard
Michael Thompson Scorecard
Michael Thompson Shot Tracker
Michael Thompson Group Shot Tracker

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